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...swampy, semitropical wilderness in southern Florida called the Everglades lies in a peculiar bowl-shaped depression that was bound to arouse the curiosity of geologists. They concluded years ago that the distinctive cavity was probably formed over many aeons as ground water slowly dissolved a surface layer of limestone. Now Geologist Edward J. Petuch, 36, of Florida International University in Miami, has another idea. In a report to the Geological Society of America's national convention in Orlando, he suggested that the Everglades are the mud-filled remains of an impact crater left by an asteroid that struck the earth...
...says Dr. Kenneth Kenyon of Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary in Boston, "it's rare that we don't have a patient in the hospital with one on any given day." In a small number of cases, the wearers develop severe ulcers and scarring of the cornea, the transparent layer of cells stretching over the pupil and the iris, or colored part of the eye. Last year Dr. Donald Doughman of the University of Minnesota treated six patients for serious infections. Some of them may require corneal transplants to restore their vision, he says. "We just feel lucky that...
...Explorer (on aol.com, click BETA-AOL Product, or go to http://beta.aol.com/projects/aolexplorer) is an add-on to Internet Explorer-an overlay of sorts designed to steer you to specific AOL features, such as your AIM email account, tabbed browsing and desktop search features. It also adds a layer of spyware protection...
Solar radiation does funny things to the brain. It was in summers past that we fell for the Macarena as party starter, Regis Philbin as fashion icon and Howard Dean as Democratic front runner. If you need further proof that the ozone layer is thinning, look to the summer TV season of 2005, in which ABC got 15 million rapt Americans to watch Dancing with the Stars, the most proudly bizarre song-and-dance show since Pink Lady and Jeff...
Will he complete his rise? Or will he fall back down into the pits? We're not saying. What we can say is that if you can stomach its bursts of violence (and some unpersuasive tosh about the drug world being the dominant culture of our day), Layer Cake is a treat--especially if your taste in desserts is devil's food. --By Richard Schickel